Paschal Donohoe knew that announcing the latest increase in carbon tax would not be popular at a time of high fuel prices.
There were shouts from some of the rural Independent TDs when he gave the details of this in the middle of his budget speech because it would have increased the price of a tank of petrol by €1.28 and the price of a tank of diesel by €1.48
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